When asked who they would choose if they could vote for either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, the majority in almost every country favoured Obama. The overall score being 81% in favour of the current president and just 19% preferring the Republican challenger Romney.

China is the only country that would prefer Romney as the next President of the United States, giving him 52% of the vote compared to 48% for Obama.

In Britain Obama grabbed a whopping 85% of the vote.

Duncan Hooper, managing editor of MSN News & Sport, says: "Mitt Romney lost all hope of winning Britons' hearts after suggesting the country wasn't ready to host the Olympics. He made so many gaffes during a visit to London that it became known as the 'Romneyshambles'.

"On the other hand, Barack Obama is still remembered as the man who represented a significant and welcome change in direction after the much maligned George W Bush's eight years in the White House. Obama's struggles on the domestic scene have gone largely unreported over here compared with his dignified and well-timed overseas visits."

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About MSN UK

Since its launch in 1995, MSN has become one of the world's most influential and recognisable publishing brands. With 28.5 million UK unique users a month*, more than bbc.co.uk, Sky Online or Yahoo!, and 61 per cent reach across the UK's internet audience*, MSN UK utilises the power of Microsoft's technology expertise and offers unrivalled breadth of opportunity for editorial and advertising innovation. MSN UK is also complemented by Windows Live, a new set of personal Internet services and software, which is designed to bring together all the relationships, information and interests people care about most in one place, with enhanced safety and security features across their PC, devices and the Web.

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